Panama vs Spain: Annual growth rate of urban population share
Panama
0.3%
in 2025
Spain
0.3%
in 2025
Panama rank
124th
Spain rank
123rd
Annual growth rate of urban population share over time
- Panama
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 0.3% against 0.3% in Panama, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Spain ahead.
Panama ranks 124th and Spain ranks 123rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 3 and Spain in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.8% | 0.9% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1960s | 1.4% | 1.6% | 0.1% | Spain |
| 1970s | 0.5% | 0.8% | 0.4% | Spain |
| 1980s | 0.8% | 0.5% | 0.3% | Panama |
| 1990s | 1.5% | 0.2% | 1.3% | Panama |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 0.3% | 0.2% | Panama |
| 2010s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Spain |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher annual growth rate of urban population share, Panama or Spain?
- Spain, at 0.3% against 0.3% in Panama as of 2025.
- What is the difference in annual growth rate of urban population share between Panama and Spain?
- 0.0%, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Spain?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Panama and Spain rank globally for annual growth rate of urban population share?
- Panama ranks 124th and Spain ranks 123rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Annual growth rate of urban population share. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Average annual rate of change of the share of the population living in urban areas.